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BigBand Networks, Inc. provides broadband service providers with innovative network solutions designed to make it easier to move, manage and monetize video. These solutions are based on BigBand's video-networking platforms and open technologies that are built to enable efficient and reliable delivery of video, voice and data across a wide range of services, including digital TV, high definition TV, addressable advertising, video on demand, interactive TV, Internet TV, video telephony, high-speed Internet and voice-over-IP. The company's field-upgradeable architecture combines advanced hardware and software technologies for high performance with agility to optimize for each service supported. This enables network operators to cost-effectively expand revenue-generating offerings of rich content and advanced, interactive services.

BigBand Networks is based in Redwood City, California, with offices worldwide. The company has a global customer base of more than 100 cable operators and telephone companies spanning North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. In the U.S. alone, BigBand Networks' customers include six of the top ten service providers.

Offerings

Platforms

BigBand BMR® (Broadband Multimedia Service Router) - The recognized benchmark platform for network delivery of video services, and the foundation of digital video broadcast and transport services on any kind of broadband network. The high density BMR1200 holds up to eight I/0 cards and the compact BMR100 holds two I/O cards.

BigBand BME® (Broadband Multimedia Service Edge) - A modular platform for the edge processing and modulation of switched video services such as VOD and switched broadcast.

Servers and Management Software

BigBand FastFlow® BPM (Broadband Provisioning Manager) - Management solution for provisioning cable modems, set-top boxes and other residential DOCSIS® devices, and ensuring that security and QoS requirements are sustained.

BigBand Server & Management (Server and Management Suite) - A versatile, robust family of software applications for comprehensive configuring, managing and monitoring of BigBand platforms and solutions.

Solutions

Switched Broadcast - Sends programs to subscribers only in areas where the programs are being watched in real-time, instead of sending everyone all programs, with dramatic bandwidth efficiency gains.

Digital TV Management - Solution suite that enables bandwidth-efficient delivery of SDTV and HDTV, and supports standards-based ad splicing, conditional access and a broad range of other digital TV applications.

Deep Digital Transport - Evolutionary transport capabilities of the BigBand platforms enable significant operational benefits by consolidating headends and support high availability network configurations such as redundant facilities and fiber ring topologies.

Digital Simulcast - Converts analog content to digital, and provides both versions from the network edge, allowing subscribers with digital televisions or digital set-top boxes to receive all content digitally, and subscribers with legacy devices to receive basic programming in analog formats.

Distributed VOD - Innovative multimedia processing and GigE transport capabilities give an operator flexibility to create any of a variety of hybrid VOD topologies that use centralized and local storage/sourcing of content.

Telco Video - Carrier-grade video networking platforms for copper and fiber access that allow service providers to maximize broadcast and on-demand revenues, and capitalize on advertising opportunities.

DOCSIS® Video - Expands capabilities of high speed data networks to include delivery to multiple IP devices of video services, allowing a service provider to earn revenue from the content carried of its network and to leverage IP efficiencies and management capabilities.

Services - Comprehensive solutions design, systems installation, training and customer support.

Corporate Facts

Announced Customers

  • Blue Ridge Communications
  • Bright House Networks
  • Broadband Services, Inc. (BSI)
  • cablecom
  • Cable One
  • Cablevisión Mexico
  • CAIW
  • Casema
  • Comcast
  • Comporium
  • Cox Communications
  • Delta N.V.
  • Digiweb Ltd.
  • Dreamline
  • Essent
  • Hargray Communications
  • iesy
  • ish
  • Kabel Baden-Württemberg
  • Knology
  • Mediacom Communications
  • Metrocast Cablevision
  • Millennium Digital Media
  • Multikabel
  • Nanjing Radio & Television
  • Onelink Communications
  • Otelco
  • Patriot Media
  • Persona Communications
  • RCN
  • Rogers Cable
  • Service Electric Cable TV
  • Shekou Cable
  • SunTV
  • Sunflower Broadband
  • SureWest Communications
  • Susquehanna Communications
  • Telesystem Tirol
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Videotron
  • Wave Broadband
  • Wide Open West

Partners

  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Amdocs
  • Aptiv Digital
  • Broadbus
  • Calix
  • Camiant
  • C-Cor
  • CIENA
  • Concurrent Computer
  • Digeo
  • Fujitsu Network Communications
  • Gemstar TVGuide
  • ICTV
  • Invidi
  • itaas
  • Myrio
  • Nagravision
  • NDS
  • Netgear
  • Nortel
  • OpenTV
  • Pace Micro Technology
  • Philips Electronics
  • SeaChange International
  • Symmetricom
  • TVWorks
  • Visible World
  • WilTel Communicatons

Management Team

CEO, President & Co-Founder
CTO & Co-Founder
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Vice President, Media Services Platform
Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development
Vice President of Research & Development
Vice President of Product Management
Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Vice President, Marketing & Business Development
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Amir Bassan-Eskenazi
Ran Oz
Maurice Castonguay
David Heard
Paul Crann
Greg Greco
Avner Taieb
John Holobinko
Ralph Rondinone
Biren Sood
Rob Horton

Patents

  • Over 80 grants and applications.

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Media Contact

David Ronald
BigBand Networks
+1.650.995.5059

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